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Once Upon a Time in Gravity City
Once Upon a Time in Gravity City In the far reaches of space, the celestial body known as Nebuna is the home to a metropolis with a bad attitude and an expansive wasteland filled with legends and mystery. The tales you are about to read will give you an unflinching ride through the crime-infested gutters and corruption of GRAVITY CITY and the wondrous world that lies beyond city limits! For more information on this title, visit www.gravitycitynews.com RiffRaff Publishing©2018
- GenresScience Fiction
264 pages, Paperback
Published May 15, 2018
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May 16, 2018
“Gravity is a force that pulls and pushes, and somehow the two are the same thing.”
You can’t get more sinister than human greed.
The foreword of Michael Bunker is excellent, thought provoking.
A compilation of stories of verosímil characters, each one conducted by the main one. A powerful universe building, realistic and overwhelming, very credible high tech society. A comprehensive and and well defined writing, the turmoils, survival instincts clearly expressed. Fast paced and action filled riveting anthology. Great authors’ cohesion and symphony. Just starting reading it, and already I didn’t want the book to end. I was so engrossed and captivated by living in Gravity City! All the stories written by different authors are superb, fantastic!
I do hope Artie Cabrera and all the amazing authors will let us continue to live in GRAV in another superb anthology! A definite recommendation!
This was a gracious offer from the authors and my review is voluntary.
You can’t get more sinister than human greed.
The foreword of Michael Bunker is excellent, thought provoking.
A compilation of stories of verosímil characters, each one conducted by the main one. A powerful universe building, realistic and overwhelming, very credible high tech society. A comprehensive and and well defined writing, the turmoils, survival instincts clearly expressed. Fast paced and action filled riveting anthology. Great authors’ cohesion and symphony. Just starting reading it, and already I didn’t want the book to end. I was so engrossed and captivated by living in Gravity City! All the stories written by different authors are superb, fantastic!
I do hope Artie Cabrera and all the amazing authors will let us continue to live in GRAV in another superb anthology! A definite recommendation!
This was a gracious offer from the authors and my review is voluntary.
May 17, 2018
This collection of stories, in the universe that Artie built, is absolutely insane! But oh so much fun to read!!! Phenomenal tales, and wonderful characters. I'm really amazed at how contained the short stories are. Superb!
July 11, 2022
I'm not a reader of short stories in general, but these 10 stories in the same fictional universe, where Gravity City sits on a planet somewhere far from Eartha and far in the future, were a fun read.
The city may be futuristic, with skyscrapers beyond the clouds, floating pavilions, and of course... yes we got our flying cars. But the folks in these stories are from the seedy underbelly of Gravity City. Drug runners. Gangsters. Body snatchers. Crocked cops. Shadowy figures. And sharp-tongued, tough-guy detectives. Expressions straight out of 1950, with droids, robots, and spaceship pilots. Sam Spade and Philip Marlow would be comfortable in this future!
I enjoyed some stories more than others. My favorites were "Love, Lies, Bleeding" and "Johnny Rangers."
The city may be futuristic, with skyscrapers beyond the clouds, floating pavilions, and of course... yes we got our flying cars. But the folks in these stories are from the seedy underbelly of Gravity City. Drug runners. Gangsters. Body snatchers. Crocked cops. Shadowy figures. And sharp-tongued, tough-guy detectives. Expressions straight out of 1950, with droids, robots, and spaceship pilots. Sam Spade and Philip Marlow would be comfortable in this future!
I enjoyed some stories more than others. My favorites were "Love, Lies, Bleeding" and "Johnny Rangers."
May 17, 2018
This is some unique and weird stuff!
My mind may not recover, I am now questioning reality - and what's awaiting us in the future. I want to believe that we strive towards goodness, but there is so much evidence that the worst of humanity is stronger than the best. I appreciate the talents of these authors, but I will spend the rest of my days praying their visions will never come to be. Hopefully reading these stories, the visceral reactions, will help us to avert this future. These stories are so well written, SO believable, we all should reach for the best within us. Artie Cabrera and his tribe hold up a mirror to our worst possibilities.
My mind may not recover, I am now questioning reality - and what's awaiting us in the future. I want to believe that we strive towards goodness, but there is so much evidence that the worst of humanity is stronger than the best. I appreciate the talents of these authors, but I will spend the rest of my days praying their visions will never come to be. Hopefully reading these stories, the visceral reactions, will help us to avert this future. These stories are so well written, SO believable, we all should reach for the best within us. Artie Cabrera and his tribe hold up a mirror to our worst possibilities.
May 17, 2018
I really love reading anthologies and this collection was quite good.The stand outs to me are The Roob by KJ Heritage which is fantastic and left me wanting to read more by this author. Parts Unknown by Caroline A Gill was incredible and I was impressed by the flow of the story.I enjoyed that all of the stories are set in the same city.And it's interesting to see how the authors interpret this shared world.Hoping the series continues.I received an arc from the authors.
June 30, 2018
A few good ones
I enjoyed reading this book,some of the stories had complex and complete characters that were individually good reading. I will look forward to reading more complete stories from a few of these author's.
I enjoyed reading this book,some of the stories had complex and complete characters that were individually good reading. I will look forward to reading more complete stories from a few of these author's.
June 15, 2018
Cool setup
Okay,that was different.Lots of good leaders for several story arcs. I hope this becomes a regular series.Needs more background stories..
Okay,that was different.Lots of good leaders for several story arcs. I hope this becomes a regular series.Needs more background stories..
December 30, 2018
A selection of short stories. It was OK, but nothing that I felt was really outstanding. It would be good for someone who enjoys short stories
May 24, 2022
Nice short stories
Quick reads, but each could be a completed story line of its own. Thought a couple could be able to stand on their own unique style of writing.
Quick reads, but each could be a completed story line of its own. Thought a couple could be able to stand on their own unique style of writing.
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May 16, 2018The Reaper:
I love these short stories from Christopher J Valin. You get to know the characters enough to care about what happens to them without a verbose history. The story is tight and action packed and quick entertaining read.
The Red Baron by Artie Cabrera and Christopher J Valin:
A great joint adventure that will leave you on the edge of your seat, immediately wanting more.
I love these short stories from Christopher J Valin. You get to know the characters enough to care about what happens to them without a verbose history. The story is tight and action packed and quick entertaining read.
The Red Baron by Artie Cabrera and Christopher J Valin:
A great joint adventure that will leave you on the edge of your seat, immediately wanting more.
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